Full Idea
Democracy is the least bad form of all governments precisely because it attempts to find a healthy balance between legitimacy and efficiency.
Gist of Idea
Democracy is the best compromise between legitimacy and efficiency
Source
David van Reybrouck (Against Elections [2013], 1 'Crisis')
Book Reference
Reybrouck,David van: 'Against Elections', ed/tr. Waters,Liz [Bodley Head 2016], p.6
A Reaction
There seems to be a widespread feeling that democracy is declining in efficiency, and that may be because our remoteness from government decreases legitimacy, so we have less commitment to getting things done.